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Thanks, interesting article. I note you say
Cowboyjim said:
it helps console those of us who have to take met
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but I take met on request, and had to argue for it as my HbA1c was 5.9 on diet only, and I have a BMI of 22.5. I pushed for it BECAUSE of the other benefits I'd read about, like cardio vascular protection etc. But never heard of the Alzheimer trial, so thanks again
 
Cowboyjim said:
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/serendipity-81137-drug-statins.html
More of an opinion piece than real news but it helps console those of us who have to take met... but then you read on and it is them peddling statins... 8)
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Thanks Jim. You provide so much useful information I wish we had a "thank-you " icon as i often mean to thank you but don't have time.

Still I got around to it this time- all your contributions are greatly appreciated.
 
Thank you Unbeliever - always nice to be acknowledged through one's efforts to share knowledge gained along the way.

I do not recall being told on the start of my prescription that there were incidental health benefits of metformin.... 8)
 
Sorry to bring the mood down another notch but I found this this morning...

[url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/r...w.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 160851.htm
[/url]"People who are obese and also have high blood pressure and other risk factors called metabolic abnormalities may experience a faster decline in their cognitive skills over time than others, according to a study published in the August 21, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology."

Metabolic abnormality was defined as having two or more of the following risk factors: high blood pressure or taking medication for it; low HDL or "good" cholesterol; high blood sugar or taking diabetes medication; and high triglycerides (a type of fat found in the blood) or taking medication to lower cholesterol.

Here is the bad bit...
"Over the 10 years of the study, people who were both obese and metabolically abnormal experienced a 22.5 percent faster decline on their cognitive test scores than those who were of normal weight without metabolic abnormalities."

Tho they do caution that more research is needed to look at the effects of genetic factors and....

It looks more legit than most studies because it was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Academy of Finland, the Bupa Foundation and the British Medical Research Council.

Now... to lighten the mood...
Not so keen on the top one, I like this one best:
9. Lou Sanders – “I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: ‘It’s not rocket salad.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-at-this-years-Edinburgh-Fringe-revealed.html
 
I am not obese by anyone's standards but it is a litle disturbing to find that taking certain medications -AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE- places you as much at risk as if you had the conditione. EeeK!
 
Interesting that Metformin can help ward off Alzheimers, as Metformin is also associated with causing a vitamin B12 deficiency in T2 diabetics which in turn is being linked to a cause of Alzheimers.

Metformin and B12 deficiency = http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/articl ... neuropathy

B12 and Alzheimers = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11569602


Seems we're all doomed whatever we do
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Oh, that one... I recall my DN telling me to remind her in five years to do the test... hmm... I dint know whether to be amused or despair but consoled myself that she was confident I would still be around by then...

It makes me think that there should be someone somewhere with a more "God's eye view" of all this malarkey.... surely it is more than Russian Roulette?

Take one pill for this and then another to counteract the side-effects of the first... argh!
8)
 
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